Truck for toy railway cars



June 16, 1925. 1,542,139 H. c. IVES TRUCK FOR tIOY'RAIL MA Y CARS Fi ed ec. 20, 1924 INVENTOR.

.Zfar/y Clues 6 ATTORNEYS,

, Patented June 16,

t N l E It earner tame HARRY G. IVES, F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE IVES MANUFAC- TUBING COR-PORATISR', OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A.

NEGTICUT.

CORPORA'TION OF CON- r'nUcK roar TOY RAILWAY cans.

:Jtpplication filed December 20, 1924. Serial No. 757,140.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that HARRY C. Ivns, a'citizen of the United States, and resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and a State of Connecticut, has invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrucks for Toy Railway Cars, of which the following is a specification. V i

The present invention relates to an improved truck for toy electric railway cars, and has for an object to provide a truck structure of relatively great strength, and which cannot be readily distorted to allow of separation of the wheels; and further to i provide a brace in the form of an insulating bar secured between the sides of the truck and adapted to support a contact or current gathering shoe. These trucks are made of relatively thin sheet metal which may be readily bent, and the non-braced structure, as heretofore constructed, was

such that any great weight might bend them to an extent to cause separation of the wheels. An important object of the invention, therefore, is to provide such a brace structure which may be attached to the existing forms of trucks, without necessitating any change therein, and which will act as an efficient and reliable support for the contact shoe.

With the above and other objects in view an embodiment of the invention isshown in the accompanying drawings, and this embodiment will be hereinafter more fully described with reference thereto, and the invention will be finally pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a toy electric railway truck, according to the present embodiment of the invention, and showing a portion of the attached car, and track;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the truck;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the truck in inverted position to show the under side;

Fig. t is a bottom plan view of the truck;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the end clip for attaching the brace bar;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the brace bar employed;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one end of the brace bar with the clip attached thereto; and i Fig. 8 is a similar view showing the manner 0t attaching the clip to the truck side,

a fragment of the latter being shown.

railway truck comprises an upper transverse portion 10 bent downwardly in curved re1ation-at each side, and having its flanged ends 11 secured by rivets 12 to the truck sides 13, which latter are provided attheir ends with axle receiving slots 14, in which the ends of the wheel axles 15 are engaged, the wheels 16 being rotatably mounted on said axles. Thesides 18 are shaped in simulation or the sides of a regular railway truck, and to this end include a longitudinal brace rod portion 17 extending between the bearing and stuffing box portions 18, and integrally connected at its center by a vertical strut portion 19 to the upper portion of the side.

The brace bar, according to the present embodiment of the invention, consists of a strip 20 of insulating material, as fibre, notched at its ends, as at 21, to provide T- shaped ends 22 for interlocking connection of the attaching clips. One-of these attaching clips is secured to each end, as shown in Fig. 7, and comprises a seating portion 23, adapted to be engaged with the end of the bar at itsunder side, and having upwardly extending clip lugs or ears 2%, adapted to be engaged in the notches 21 and bent over to interlockingly secure the clip.

The clip is provided with a portion 25 bent downwardly from the forwardedge of the seating portion, and adapted to engage the inner side of the truck side 13 at its central strut portion 19, being provided with projecting clip lugs or ears 26 adapted to be bent about said strut portion to secure the clip. The clip is further secured by means of clip portions 27 atthe lower corners of the portion 25 adapted to be bent about the brace rod portion 17 at each side of the strut portion, thereby providing a reliable interlocking connection between the brace bar and the truck sides.

A contact or current gathering shoe or roller device 28, adapted to contact with the central current carrying rail, is supported centrally on the brace bar by ieans of lugs 29 formed on the casing of the device, and inserted through slots 30 in the bar and bent over upon the upper side thereof, where one of the lugs has the end 01 a lead wire 31 connected thereto. The wire extends into the car body 32 through the central vertical passage of the eyelet 33 which connects the body to the transverse portion 10 of the truck, to allow of pivotal movement of the latter.

The truck, according to the invention, is effectually braced, so that the sides are supported against distortion either through excessive weight thereon or careless handling,

and at the same tiinean insulating support for the contact'current gathering shoe is provided, which is highly efiicient in both its supporting and insulating functions. The

construction is furthermore very simple and economical of construction, and the insulating brace bar ina be readily attached to the existing types of trucks.

I have illustrated and described a preferred and satisfactory embodiment of the invention, but it will be obvious that changes may be made therein, within the spirit and scope thereof, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a toy railway truck, a frame iiicluding an upper transverse portion, and opposed side portions at the ends of said upper portion, wheel carrying axles supportedin and extending between said sides,

a transverse brace bar endin between said sides, and clip inean's at each end of said bar interlockingly clipped to said sides.

2. In a toy railway truck, a frame including an upper transverse portion, and opposed side portions at the ends 01 said up per portion, wheel carrying axles supported in and extending between said sides, a transverse insulating brace bar extending between said sides, clip means at each end of said bar interlockingly clipped to said sides,

and said brace bar having openings to re clip means secured to said side portions. 6'

In a toy railway truck, a trameincluding an upper transverse. portion, and op.-

'posed side portions at the ends of said upper portion each including a brace rod portion and a central strut portion, wheel carry- 6 ing axles supported in and extending between said sides, a transverse brace bar extending between said sides, and clip means secured at each end of said bar and including clip portions clipped about said brace rod portion at each side of said strut portion.

5. In a toy railway truck, a frame includ. ing an upper transverse portion, and opposed side portions at the ends of said upper portion each including a brace rod portion and a central strut portion, wheel carrying axles supported in and extending between said sides, a transverse brace bar extending between saidsides, and clip 8 means secured at each end of said bar and including clip; portions clipped about said brace rod portion at each side of said strut portion and clip portions clipped about said strut portion. 8

6. A device as in claim 5 in which the transverse brace rodiis or" insulatingrniaterial and is provide d with openings to receive lugs' t'or securing a current gathering Contact shoe to the truck;

Signed at Bridgeport, in the countyot' Fail-field and State ofConnecticua this 117th" day of December A. D. 1924.. 

